Madwand

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Author(s):

Roger Zelazny

First Pub:

1981

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

23 chapters

Internal ID:

345

Series:

<- Changeling

Wizard World*

#2 of 2

Wizard World*

A dualogy by Roger Zelazney also know as the Changeling Saga.

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1) Changeling
2) Madwand

Copyright:

Dedication:

This one if for Trent

First Sentence:

I am not certain.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I asked myself, as I was in need of new philosophical pursuits.

Comments:

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Synopsis not on file
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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 12-Feb-2023

Publications

01-Sep-1982

Ace

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1982

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

281

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13049

Publisher:

Ace

ISBN:

0-441-51511-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-441-51511-0

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Berkey - Cover Artist
Judy Rieniets - Illustrator

Madwand

POL DETSON HAS LEARNED THAT HIS NATIVE WORLD IS ONE WHERE MAGIC IS THE KEY TO SURVIVAL, AND THAT HIS NATURAL FATHER WAS A WIZARD OF UNSURPASSED MIGHT. NOW HE MUST LAY CLAIM TO THE POWER THAT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS - THOUGH THE MAGIC OF EVERY RIVAL SORCERER IN THE KINGDOM WILL BE BROUGHT TO BEAR AGAINST HIM. POL IS STILL NEW TO THIS WORLD, BUT HE WILL HAVE TO LEARN FAST IF HE MEANS TO SURVIVE.

"This is Roger Zelazny in top form... more varied, more intense, more vivid than CHANGELING."
- SF Review

"A new and extremely promising saga, which could run as long as his Amber series."
- ALA Booklist

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Ace Trade Printing: Fall 1981
First Ace Printing: September 1982
First printing based on the number line

Author(s)

Roger Zelazny
Birth: 13 May 1937 Euclid, Ohio, USA
Death: 14 Jun 1995 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Notes:

Roger Zelazny was born in Ohio in 1937 and earned a Masters degreee from Columbia University in 1962. His first published story was "Passion Play" in 1962. He wrote many short stories as well as novels and sometimes used the pseudonym Harrison Denmark.

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